Phillips to blame for lack of ground game

IRVING – Give credit to Wade Phillips for taking the blame for a big reason why the Cowboys lost Sunday – they had no running game.

The Cowboys threw 47 times in the 26-24 loss to the Redskins. Eleven times they ran the ball, a ridiculously low amount for a team with a huge, efficient offensive line, a Pro Bowl running back and a rookie gamebreaker.

Phillips said the main problem was they audibled out of running plays way too much.

“Sometimes we just needed to call a run,” Phillips said. “We needed to run Marion Barber up in there . . . We didn’t say ‘Allright, we’re going to run iso or lead draw or whatever.’ We said, ‘We’re going to run iso, but if they give an over front and the safety is up on the line, let’s get out of that and run this route.’ And it just didn’t work out well for us.”